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75The Liquid Pearl
Back in the Victorian era, face paint really WAS paint - or arsenic, or lead. Face enameling was expensive (and dangerous) - either at the chiropodist's (!) - or at home with some DIY Liquid Pearl.
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71What Mr. Darcy Would Never Do
I am sure that dear Mr. Darcy would never do this. No, no. Jane Austen would faint if it was even rumored to be true. But a lot of Regency era gentlemen did - and knowing Miss Austen, I cannot help thinking that she would have been aware of this...
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75The Joys of Peppermint
I never realized how much I like peppermint before I wrote this - or how many times a day I use tings with peppermint oil in them. Peppermint tea is one of my favorite after dinner drinks, though. And on special occasions - which are always more...
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70Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment
Over on my history blog I've written about several Victorian cures which featured adjectives like magnetic or electric: there were chains, teething necklaces, oils, soaps, brushes and therapeutic belts and corsets - just to name a few (I know that...
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60The One Dollar House
When I first spotted this tiny ad in the Canadian McClure's Magazine of 1917, my first thought was - I know that things were less expensive back then but a house for a dollar? I must read on! Well, not so...
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68Percy Bysshe Shelley and the Temple of Ice Cream
In my hub about the opposite of Baked Alaska, I looked at desserts for physicists. Well, today we're going to sample a dessert for poets. And what is more inspiring after a hard day of writing odes and traveling commune-style around the...
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70Frozen In Florida
Are you having a bunch of physicists over for dinner? And are you looking for the perfect scientifically-minded dessert to serve them? Something that will have them chatting excitedly about molecules and heat and cold and - well, you know, that sort...
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63The Case of the Flying Coffee Saucers
It was a dark night, dark as those ten cups of black coffee I'd had earlier in the evening.. I've always liked coffee, you see. Depended on it. Told everyone how terrific it was. But that night - for some reason - I just couldn't get to sleep. I was...
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73Toothpaste To Go, 1890
I love looking through old magazines and books. You really find the most extraordinary things, recipes and weird products and odd customs and ideas. My favorite era is the VIctorian period, though if you read my retro blog you'll know that I love...
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72The Great 1910 Candy Breakfast
Permission to eat candy for breakfast from a professor old enough to be your great great grandfather!
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